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Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The...
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(Credited cast) | John Heyl | ... | Finny |
| Parker Stevenson | ... | Gene |
| William Roerick | ... | Mr. Patchwithers |
| Peter Brush | ... | Leper |
 | Victor Bevine | ... | Brinker |
| Scott Bradbury | ... | Chet |
| John E.A. Mackenzie | ... | Bobby |
| Mark Trefethen | ... | John |
| Frank Wilich Jr. | ... | Quackenbush |
| Elizabeth B. Brewster | ... | Mrs. Patchwithers |
| Edward Echols | ... | Mr. Ludsbury |
| Don Schultz | ... | Dr. Stanpole |
| Paul Sadler | ... | Naval Officer |
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Spain:104 min | USA:104 min
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With the exception of Parker Stevenson, most of the boys featured in the movie were real students at Phillips Exeter Academy where the movie was filmed. This includes John Heyl who played Finny. Heyl's Father was the school's on-site doctor.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Teenage Caveman (#4.15)" (1991)
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Ok, I read the book too, but that was in - oh say- 1964 and I forgot it all. But the movie worked for me on its own merits. First of all, how many movies today are all about groups of 17 year old guys. Gone are the all-male schools and seminaries of the past. So it's a nice window onto a vanished (mostly, I think) subculture. Naturally someone in our own decade is going to read "homosexuality" into the relationships, but there was, in fact, a time when Finney could say to Gene "in this teenage period of your life, the best person to come to the beach with is your best pal, and we believed him. The cinematography was beautiful, even lyrical. I think the character of Finney was very well portrayed by John Heyl and wonder what ever happened to him. We know what happened to Parker Stevenson (he married Kirstie Alley). All in all, a succesful evocation of a time and place, whether or not it measured up to the themes and meanings of the book (which I note Leonard Matlin called "overrated" anyway.